Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been identified by two witnesses in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The actor is being retried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a Mumbai court. If convicted, he could face a jail sentence of upto 10 years. (Also read: Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in FuglyTitle Track )
The actor, dressed in jeans and a striped shirt, is in court accompanied by sisters Alvira and Arpita.
On December 5 last year, the court ordered a fresh trial after the charges against the actor were enhanced to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. After several delays, the retrial began on April 29 with the partial deposition of one witness.(Also read: Salman Kicked about Poland as destination for Bollywood producers)
Mr Khan was earlier being tried for the lesser offence of causing death by negligence, which carries a punishment of upto two years in jail.
In September 2002, Mr Khan was allegedly driving a Toyota Land Cruiser that ran over a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra. One person was killed and four others were injured in the accident.
The case has gone from court to court with arguments centred around whether Mr Khan was driving the car that day or not. The Mumbai police say they have enough evidence against him.
In 1998, Salman Khan spent three days in prison for killing black buck, an endangered species of deer, in Rajasthan. The actor's appeals in separate poaching cases are currently pending in the Rajasthan courts.
The 48-year-old actor has starred in some of Bollywood's highest-earning films in the last five years. He last appeared in January's Jai Ho, co-starring debutante Daisy Shah and was recently shooting for his movie Kick in Poland
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